Air · 14 cards
Suit of Swords
Swords are the mind: thought, truth, conflict, and the damage done by both clarity and its absence. They are the hardest suit to sit with and the most useful when you can.
Swords have a reputation for being the bad suit. They are not. They are the suit that refuses to soften things, which is a different quality.
The suit runs Ace through Ten, then four court cards: Page, Knight, Queen and King. The numbers describe a situation. The court cards usually describe a person, or a way of behaving that you or someone else has adopted.
- Ace of Swordsbreakthrough · clarity

- Two of Swordsdifficult decisions · stalemate

- Three of Swordsheartbreak · sorrow

- Four of Swordsrest · recovery

- Five of Swordsconflict · defeat

- Six of Swordstransition · moving on

- Seven of Swordsdeception · strategy

- Eight of Swordsrestriction · imprisonment

- Nine of Swordsanxiety · worry

- Ten of Swordspainful ending · deep wounds

- Page of Swordscuriosity · new ideas

- Knight of Swordsaction · ambition

- Queen of Swordsindependence · clear thinking

- King of Swordsauthority · truth
